198 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 18

ramyake ca bhagavatah priyatamam mdatsyam avatdara-riipam tad-
varsa-purusasya manoh prak-pradarsitam sa idanim api mahata bhakti-
yogenaradhayatidam codéharati.

ramyake ca—also in Ramyaka-varsa; bhagavatah—of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; priya-tamam—the foremost; mdtsyam—fish;
avatara-riipam—the form of the incarnation; tat-varsa-purusasya—of
the ruler of that land; manoh—Manu; praék—previously (at the end of
the Caksusa-manvantara); pradarsitam—exhibited; sah—that Manu;
idanim api—even until now; mahata bhakti-yogena—by dint of ad-
vanced devotional service; aradhayati—worships the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; idam—this; ca—and; udaharati—chants.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: In Ramyaka-varsa, where
Vaivasvata Manu rules, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
appeared as Lord Matsya at the end of the last era [the Caksusa-
manvantara]. Vaivasvata Manu now worships Lord Matsya in pure
devotional service and chants the following mantra.

TEXT 25

3 AML ANITA FEITAMT AR: BATT MNT ae TCT
ASIA AA FAA UREIM

om namo bhagavate mukhyatamaya namah sattvaya pranayaujase
sahase balaya mahdé-matsyaya nama iti.

om—O my Lord; namah—respectful obeisances; bhagavate—unto
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mukhya-tamaya—the first incar-
nation to appear; namah—my respectful obeisances; sattvaya—unto the
pure transcendence; pranaya—the origin of life; ojase—the source of
the potency of the senses; sahase—the origin of all mental power;
baléya—the origin of bodily strength; mahd-matsydya—unto the
gigantic fish incarnation; namah—respectful obeisances; iti—thus.
